right-of-way
/ˌraɪtəvˈweɪ/
noun
plural rights-of-way also right-of-ways
[noncount] :the right to move onto or across a road before other people or vehicles
[count] a legal right to go across another person's land
a path on a person's land which other people have a legal right to use
a long, narrow area of land that is used for a road, railway, etc.